Khojaly massacre
The Khojaly Massacre was the murder[1] of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians[2] from the town of Khojaly in Azerbaijan on 25–26 February 1992 by the Armenian armed forces with the help of Russian armed forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.[3][4][5] 613 people were killed, including 424 men, 106 women and 83 children.[6] The massacre was the largest massacre of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[7]
| Khojaly Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Khojaly, Azerbaijan |
| Date | 25–26 February 1992 |
| Target | Azerbaijani people |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 613 civilians |
| Perpetrators | Armenian and Russian military |
References
- de Waal, Thomas (2004). Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. ABC-CLIO. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0-8147-1945-7.
- Randolph, Joseph Russell (2008). Hot spot: North America and Europe. ABC-CLIO. p. 191. ISBN 0-313-33621-0.
- New York Times - Massacre by Armenians Being Reported
- "TIME Magazine - Tragedy Massacre in Khojaly". Archived from the original on 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
- Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the Caucasus By Svante E. Cornell
- Letter from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office
- Human Rights Watch / Helsinki Azerbaijan. Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. New York • Washington • Los Angeles • London • Brussels: 1994, p. 6. ISBN 1-56432-142-8
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- Bloodshed in the Caucasus: escalation of the armed conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Human Rights Watch, 1992. ISBN 1-56432-081-2, ISBN 978-1-56432-081-0
- Azerbaijani websites
- Armenian websites
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